A New Zealand man who traveled to the U.S. home of a 14-year-old girl he had communicated with online was shot by the girl’s mother, a sheriff said Monday.Troy George Skinner, 25, was shot Friday after he allegedly smashed a glass door and tried to enter the home in Goochland, Virginia, said sheriff James Agnew.The Goochland County sheriff said Skinner bought a knife and duct tape after arriving in the U.S. The sheriff also said the girl’s mother saw a man trying to enter her home. According to WTVR, Skinner shouted that he had hitchhiked 30 miles and needed help. The mother called her husband, who told her to get a gun. When Skinner threw a landscaping stone through a glass door, the mom shot twice, hitting the intruder once in the neck. "He was not invited here, he was not expected here, he had been told in the past that the daughter no longer wished to communicate with him," Agnew said.Skinner was struck in the neck and remains hospitalized, according to authorities.“All I can say is the manner in which he attempted to enter that home in the face of a firearm pointed at him and the implements we recovered from him — the only inference is that he had very bad intent,” Agnew said.Authorities believe Skinner first encountered the 14-year-old using a chat service called Discord. She attempted to cut off all contact after chatting for about four months.Agnew said Skinner will be charged with breaking and entering with a deadly weapon with the intent to commit a serious crime.New Zealand police said they were aware of the incident and would be helping U.S. authorities as needed. New Zealand authorities say they’ve also been in contact with Skinner’s family and have offered consular assistance.A long-time friend of Skinner's, who did not wish to be identified, told WTVR that the suspect is something of a loner. “Not many people know him that well he’s got a really narrow group of people who know him he didn’t have a wide social circle whatsoever,” said his friend. “There’s a group of seven people who have known him for a long time and chat with him daily or semi-regular basis on game related stuff.”The friend said he knew Skinner was going to the United States, but thought he was visiting with friends on the west coast. “I’m so bewildered by what happened I can’t, I don’t know what was going through his head that was so outrageous. Everyone who knows him is like what the hell has happened? This is so out of character. He’s got no history of drugs, no criminal record. “ may be a little aggressive but nothing really crazy,” his friend added.

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. —

A New Zealand man who traveled to the U.S. home of a 14-year-old girl he had communicated with online was shot by the girl’s mother, a sheriff said Monday.

Troy George Skinner, 25, was shot Friday after he allegedly smashed a glass door and tried to enter the home in Goochland, Virginia, said sheriff James Agnew.

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The Goochland County sheriff said Skinner bought a knife and duct tape after arriving in the U.S.

The sheriff also said the girl’s mother saw a man trying to enter her home.

According to WTVR, Skinner shouted that he had hitchhiked 30 miles and needed help.

The mother called her husband, who told her to get a gun. When Skinner threw a landscaping stone through a glass door, the mom shot twice, hitting the intruder once in the neck.

"He was not invited here, he was not expected here, he had been told in the past that the daughter no longer wished to communicate with him," Agnew said.

Skinner was struck in the neck and remains hospitalized, according to authorities.

“All I can say is the manner in which he attempted to enter that home in the face of a firearm pointed at him and the implements we recovered from him — the only inference is that he had very bad intent,” Agnew said.

Authorities believe Skinner first encountered the 14-year-old using a chat service called Discord. She attempted to cut off all contact after chatting for about four months.

Agnew said Skinner will be charged with breaking and entering with a deadly weapon with the intent to commit a serious crime.

New Zealand police said they were aware of the incident and would be helping U.S. authorities as needed. New Zealand authorities say they’ve also been in contact with Skinner’s family and have offered consular assistance.

A long-time friend of Skinner's, who did not wish to be identified, told WTVR that the suspect is something of a loner.

“Not many people know him that well he’s got a really narrow group of people who know him he didn’t have a wide social circle whatsoever,” said his friend. “There’s a group of seven people who have known him for a long time and chat with him daily or semi-regular basis on game related stuff.”

The friend said he knew Skinner was going to the United States, but thought he was visiting with friends on the west coast.

“I’m so bewildered by what happened I can’t, I don’t know what was going through his head that was so outrageous. Everyone who knows him is like what the hell has happened? This is so out of character. He’s got no history of drugs, no criminal record. “[He] may be a little aggressive but nothing really crazy,” his friend added.